The 2007 edition of His Honour Michael Cook’s leading text on legal costs Cook on Costs has now been published. In his preface he comments that he has been “rigorously selective” in the decisions that he included in the book. Nevertheless, three decisions where the advocates at Gibbs Wyatt Stone acted have been included (Pirie v Ayling, Brierley v Prescott and Gaynor v Central London Buses Ltd).

This book remains the Bible for many costs draftsmen, costs consultants and costs counsel.